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Arts^Entertainment: page 9
One-act plays:
Reviews of the senior-directed shows
Sports:
page 11
Track
Teams finished
indoor season
3H
:.
Variety:
page 6
Neighborhood renovations:
Students rebuild and improve homes in
North St. Paul
Tiwrsday,April2,1998
NEWSPAPER OF BETHEL COLLEGE
Volume 73 * Number 11
Bethel lacks faculty for
growing student body
By Amy Herman
News Editor
Bethel's increased number
of students hasn't been
matched by enough additional
faculty.
On Feb. 17, John Lawyer,
writing on behalf of The General Education Committee,
brought to the attention of the
faculty the "growing imbalance between faculty numbers
and the number of students
needing to be taught." Bethel's
administration is being forced
to determine how to allocate
funds regarding this issue and
many others.
For the past 10-12 years, the
administration has focused on
reaching an undergraduate
enrollment of 2,400 students.
Betiiel added 110 undergraduate students last year to make
our present enrollment 2,149
students. Bethel plans to add
an additional 101 students for
the upcoming academic year.
While the increase produces
additional revenue, it also de-
, Clarion/ Photo by Molly McDonnell
Professor Tom Johnson lectitres to an overcrowded business
class. This "cozy" scenario is typical of many Bethel classes.
mands more services, includ- ten by Lawyer, Chair of the
ing faculty, resources and
housing. Student/faculty ratio
According to a letter writ- continued on page 3
Berstler elected BSA president
By Debbie Erstad
Staff Writer
Bethel Student Association's (BSA) president-elect for
the 1998-99 school year is
Aaron Berstler, BSA's current
Vice President of Communications.
"The leader needs to hold
die light at the end of the tunnel for the others to see and
follow," said Berstler, who
added that the Student Body
President's role is to be a facilitator. He said that though
the maxim, 'if it ain't broke,
don't fix it' applies, he would
like to fine-tune some things
so BSA can become "bigger,
better and faster."
In his VP position, Berstler
helped to establish a BSA web
page and hotline which he
hopes will put more people in
touch with-what BSA is doing.
He looks forward to implementing new ways of reaching
out to the student body next
year.
Berstler said that next year
Clarion/ Photo by Sarah Rust
BSA president Aaron Berstler
he plans to have seniors vote
on gift ideas they would be
willing to support. This
year's controversial Senior
Class Gift was an independent, non-BSA issue.
Berstler said he was frustrated with the lack of candidates that ran for the presidential position this year, but
also recognized that the position requires "years of experience, and strong internal
communication with BSA.
Berstler headed the committee in charge of elections, but
he said that "lots of things
were delegated, and everything I did was discussed by
the board."
As a Human and Media
Communications major, his
future presidency coincides
with the person Berstler already is. "It is difficult to communicate who we are—we
need to extend ourselves,"
said Berstler about BSA. "I
don't want this to be about
superficial recognition."
Faculty drafts academic
freedom statement
By Amy Herman
News Editor
A faculty committee led
by Provost Jay Barnes is in
the final stages of drafting a
document outlining academic freedom at Bethel
College and Seminary. This
document will be presented
for final approval at the
April Faculty Meeting.
The proposed statement
addresses the balance of responsibility and freedom in
the classroom.
Last spring, Barnes
formed an ad-hoc committee of professors—Marion
Larson, Paul Reasoner, Dan
Taylor and Mike Holmes—
to discuss issues relating to
academic freedom. The aim
of the committee was to
write an academic freedom
statement to include in
Bethel's "Community Commitments" handbook,
equivalent to a faculty handbook.
According to Barnes, a
revised academic freedom
statement is needed because
the existing statement is generic, outdated and written
outside of Bethel's Christian
context. They were also
prompted by last year's
lawsuit.
"I think that the lawsuit
was certainly an impetus...it got us [faculty members] talking as a large
group about issues that we
all think about all the time,"
said Larson.
"We were consciously
trying not to write a document that was related [only]
to the lawsuit issue," said
Barnes. "On the other hand,
I don't think that we could
completely ignore the context in which we were writing, but at least we were trying to write for a broader
context."
"Academic freedom always exists in context," said
Larson. Without a context,
she said, academic freedom
allows a community member to "feel full permission
to pursue an idea in whatever manner they think is
appropriate and to whatever extent they feel is appropriate."
Larson stated that although people tend to hurriedly agree to this kind of
freedom, if pushed, every
person has limits regarding
what they feel should be appropriately pursued in the
Academic Freedom
continued on page 2
Ten cars vandalized in
Snelling Avenue lot
By Jamieson Clair
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Ten vehicles were broken
into recently in Bethel's
Snelling Avenue parking lot.
According to a report filed
at the Ramsey County Sheriff's
Office, the incidents occurred
between 2:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m.
on Sunday, March 8. The report
indicated the two hour time
frame as being "between
Bethel Security's rounds."
Windows were broken on
each of the cars. Several stereos were taken or damaged.
Officers did not place a dollar
amount on the value of the stolen items or the damage.
No witnesses were present
when the incidents occurred
and authorities have no suspect information.
"Unfortunately, crime happens," said Bethel Security
and Safety Director Derrick
Skoglund. "We're not private
bodyguards of each person's
vehicle."
Many of the students
whose cars were involved live
on 'Freshman Hill.' The
Vandalism
continued on page 2

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Arts^Entertainment: page 9
One-act plays:
Reviews of the senior-directed shows
Sports:
page 11
Track
Teams finished
indoor season
3H
:.
Variety:
page 6
Neighborhood renovations:
Students rebuild and improve homes in
North St. Paul
Tiwrsday,April2,1998
NEWSPAPER OF BETHEL COLLEGE
Volume 73 * Number 11
Bethel lacks faculty for
growing student body
By Amy Herman
News Editor
Bethel's increased number
of students hasn't been
matched by enough additional
faculty.
On Feb. 17, John Lawyer,
writing on behalf of The General Education Committee,
brought to the attention of the
faculty the "growing imbalance between faculty numbers
and the number of students
needing to be taught." Bethel's
administration is being forced
to determine how to allocate
funds regarding this issue and
many others.
For the past 10-12 years, the
administration has focused on
reaching an undergraduate
enrollment of 2,400 students.
Betiiel added 110 undergraduate students last year to make
our present enrollment 2,149
students. Bethel plans to add
an additional 101 students for
the upcoming academic year.
While the increase produces
additional revenue, it also de-
, Clarion/ Photo by Molly McDonnell
Professor Tom Johnson lectitres to an overcrowded business
class. This "cozy" scenario is typical of many Bethel classes.
mands more services, includ- ten by Lawyer, Chair of the
ing faculty, resources and
housing. Student/faculty ratio
According to a letter writ- continued on page 3
Berstler elected BSA president
By Debbie Erstad
Staff Writer
Bethel Student Association's (BSA) president-elect for
the 1998-99 school year is
Aaron Berstler, BSA's current
Vice President of Communications.
"The leader needs to hold
die light at the end of the tunnel for the others to see and
follow," said Berstler, who
added that the Student Body
President's role is to be a facilitator. He said that though
the maxim, 'if it ain't broke,
don't fix it' applies, he would
like to fine-tune some things
so BSA can become "bigger,
better and faster."
In his VP position, Berstler
helped to establish a BSA web
page and hotline which he
hopes will put more people in
touch with-what BSA is doing.
He looks forward to implementing new ways of reaching
out to the student body next
year.
Berstler said that next year
Clarion/ Photo by Sarah Rust
BSA president Aaron Berstler
he plans to have seniors vote
on gift ideas they would be
willing to support. This
year's controversial Senior
Class Gift was an independent, non-BSA issue.
Berstler said he was frustrated with the lack of candidates that ran for the presidential position this year, but
also recognized that the position requires "years of experience, and strong internal
communication with BSA.
Berstler headed the committee in charge of elections, but
he said that "lots of things
were delegated, and everything I did was discussed by
the board."
As a Human and Media
Communications major, his
future presidency coincides
with the person Berstler already is. "It is difficult to communicate who we are—we
need to extend ourselves,"
said Berstler about BSA. "I
don't want this to be about
superficial recognition."
Faculty drafts academic
freedom statement
By Amy Herman
News Editor
A faculty committee led
by Provost Jay Barnes is in
the final stages of drafting a
document outlining academic freedom at Bethel
College and Seminary. This
document will be presented
for final approval at the
April Faculty Meeting.
The proposed statement
addresses the balance of responsibility and freedom in
the classroom.
Last spring, Barnes
formed an ad-hoc committee of professors—Marion
Larson, Paul Reasoner, Dan
Taylor and Mike Holmes—
to discuss issues relating to
academic freedom. The aim
of the committee was to
write an academic freedom
statement to include in
Bethel's "Community Commitments" handbook,
equivalent to a faculty handbook.
According to Barnes, a
revised academic freedom
statement is needed because
the existing statement is generic, outdated and written
outside of Bethel's Christian
context. They were also
prompted by last year's
lawsuit.
"I think that the lawsuit
was certainly an impetus...it got us [faculty members] talking as a large
group about issues that we
all think about all the time,"
said Larson.
"We were consciously
trying not to write a document that was related [only]
to the lawsuit issue," said
Barnes. "On the other hand,
I don't think that we could
completely ignore the context in which we were writing, but at least we were trying to write for a broader
context."
"Academic freedom always exists in context," said
Larson. Without a context,
she said, academic freedom
allows a community member to "feel full permission
to pursue an idea in whatever manner they think is
appropriate and to whatever extent they feel is appropriate."
Larson stated that although people tend to hurriedly agree to this kind of
freedom, if pushed, every
person has limits regarding
what they feel should be appropriately pursued in the
Academic Freedom
continued on page 2
Ten cars vandalized in
Snelling Avenue lot
By Jamieson Clair
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Ten vehicles were broken
into recently in Bethel's
Snelling Avenue parking lot.
According to a report filed
at the Ramsey County Sheriff's
Office, the incidents occurred
between 2:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m.
on Sunday, March 8. The report
indicated the two hour time
frame as being "between
Bethel Security's rounds."
Windows were broken on
each of the cars. Several stereos were taken or damaged.
Officers did not place a dollar
amount on the value of the stolen items or the damage.
No witnesses were present
when the incidents occurred
and authorities have no suspect information.
"Unfortunately, crime happens," said Bethel Security
and Safety Director Derrick
Skoglund. "We're not private
bodyguards of each person's
vehicle."
Many of the students
whose cars were involved live
on 'Freshman Hill.' The
Vandalism
continued on page 2